Dizdar families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from Knin area , rarely Serbs and Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Banja Luka Region, Bosnia (Banja Luka area) and in Knin area. In Oklaj in Knin area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Dizdar.
Prevalence
About 480 people with faimily name Dizdar live in Croatia today, in 210 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled. They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 44 cities and 47 other places, mostly in Zagreb (130), Ivanovac in Osijek area (30), Rijeka (30), Oklaj in Knin area (20), and in Osijek (15).
Outside Croatia
At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Germany (1). Family name Dizdar is present in 35 countries worldwide. The family name "Dizdar " is used by some 20000 people in Turkey , about 400 in Germany , and some 200 people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1935 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.
